Students interested in a career related to the
production or management of our society=s agricultural yield would do
well to begin with formal training in Crop Science at Merced College.

As our population with its related need for food
increases, so does the demand for Crop Science majors. According to
Agriculture Department officials, starting salaries are at an all-time
high and will remain so for the next decade.

Only two out of ten Crop Science graduates are involved
with the actual production end of Crop Science. They work as
self-employed farmers or in the farming, ranching, or dairy environment.

The remaining eight find positions in crop-related
occupations such as crop processing and marketing, commodity sales,
agriculture chemical sales, irrigation district, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, and banking and corporate holdings in Agriculture
Management.

These jobs are open to people from both urban and rural
areas who have gathered their expertise through education in Crop
Science.